So, as anyone who has a large circle of family, friends, coworkers, gym buddies and neighbors, they were a large number of people that were really happy to hear the wonderful news of an upcoming baby. All these wonderful people had either a wonderful anecdote or old wives tale or even a study that they wanted to share with me to help with raising this upcoming bundle of joy.

Now that my bundle has arrived, alive and well, the stories everyone had to tell have become cautionary tales of the older generation warning the new that, they know nothing. It's as if I were a teenager getting a speech from a grandparent about how youth has been wasted on the young. I just want to rebel with something like, "listen grandma, remember when you were told that and how much you hated it".

When did all advice start sounding like judgment. Maybe I'm being as emotional as a teenager, but as a parent with an older child, you should remember that feeling when your little one was just out the oven.

Mother...

The definition of motherhood is a very private one. Either with you and your mom or how you would think is the "right" way to go about it. I have recently joined this admired/revered group and I would like to use this outlet to tell my story and get some insight on some others that have been shared.